Bernadette Peters: Biography, Latest News & Videos

  • Birth Name: Bernadette Lazzara
  • Birth Place: Ozone Park, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/28/1948, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor; singer
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On The Set: The Curtain Rises for NBC's Smash

Scene: A massive converted warehouse somewhere in Brooklyn, late 2011. The lights come up on the cast of an ambitious network drama about the making of a Broadway musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe as they screen the series' pilot during a catered lunch break. Once the credits roll, so do the waves of applause...

As anyone who's read the copious critical raves knows, Smash — the most faaabulous show that's not on Bravo — is all that and an orchestra seat. Produced by Steven Spielberg, created by Emmy nominee Theresa Rebeck (NYPD Blue), loaded with tunes by Hairspray Tony winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and boasting a cast so good you'd think it was on cable, this stage-door soap is either gonna be a knock-'em-dead blockbuster or one of TV's splashiest misfits.

It's risky for sure. There's a reason...read more

VIDEO: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Choreographed

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Choreographed
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Length: 41:05
Aired: 11/28/2006

A model dies under mysterious circumstances, and the murder was choreographed by an unlikely suspect. watch

VIDEO: Choreographed

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Choreographed
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Length: 42:00
Aired: 11/28/2006

A model is poisoned to death, and it could be connected to a love triangle between her manipulative choreographer husband, his mistress, and the mistress' jealous husband. watch

Bernadette Peters: Videos

Let It Snow
Living Proof: Developing Herceptin
Living Proof: Swoosie Kurtz on Living Proof
Living Proof: Fighting for Herceptin

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Odyssey
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Anastasia
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Heartbeeps
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Slaves of New York

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Ugly Betty: Curveball - Enhanced
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Curveball
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Ugly Betty: In The Stars
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Ugly Betty: Things Fall Apart

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Year Title Description
2010 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2007 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2006 Tony Awards TV Show Series, Appearing
2003 It Runs In The Family Movie, Actor - Rebecca Gromberg
2001 Let It Snow Movie, Actor - Elise Ellis

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Bernadette Peters and Nick Jonas to Guest-Star on Smash

Broadway stalwart Bernadette Peters and Disney Channel standout Nick Jonas will guest-star on NBC's midseason musical drama Smash, the network announced Thursday.

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Ugly Betty's Marc Has a Female Admirer

Marc's love life on Ugly Betty has been less than eventful since he and fiancé Cliff broke things off. But things get very interesting when a magazine mogul makes a move on him — and the mogul's not a he.

Guest star Bernadette Peters, who plays Jodie Papadakis, previewed Thursday's episode by telling TVGuide.com her character "is starting to make a play for him."

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VIDEO: Whedon Answers Your Questions about Sarah Michelle, Feminism, His Ultimate Project and More

In this last part of our four-part video series with Joss Whedon, the creator of Fox's Dollhouse (Fridays at 9 pm/ET) fields more TVGuide.com reader questions — including one that asks whether the "father of such strong female characters as Buffy fancies himself a feminist." Joss' short answer is yes, though he suspects "a lot of the people who watch Dollhouse will be challenged by that."

Also in this video Q&A:


• Does Whedon have an "ultimate project" he'd like to tackle one day? (I suspect his answer will send minds reeling.)
• Why doesn't Joss shop his shows to Sci Fi Channel versus the networks?
• Who does Joss Whedon gush over the same way that people gush over Joss Whedon?
• Might Joss work with Sarah Michelle Gellar again? (Also: the final word on her "Horrible" cameo.)
• Which Buffy episode does Joss admit was actually made better by network input?

Watch and discuss Whedon's answers after the jump. read more

Back to Business on Thursdays

For the last few seasons, Thursday was unquestionably the busiest night of the TV week, but it now has serious competition. Monday, especially the first hour of prime-time, is a logjam nightmare of strong choices. And this Sunday is one hot mess, with ABC launching its re-energized leap-into-the-future Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters while Showtime kick-starts dazzling new seasons of Dexter and Californication while HBO continues with its kicky True Blood-Entourage combo, adding the raucous sketch-com Little Britain USA this week while CBS revs up a new season of Emmy champ The Amazing Race leading into Cold Case and a transplanted The Unit while Fox brings back its durable animated lineup. Whew.
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Cheryl Ladd: From Angel to... Grandma?

Cheryl Ladd, grandmother? Have we come to that point? Sort of, but not really. In the Hallmark Channel presentation Though None Go with Me (premiering Saturday at 9 pm/ET), Charlie's onetime Angel disappears behind old-age makeup to play Elizabeth Leroy Bishop, a woman who relates stories from her colorful and oft-times turbulent life — Amy Grabow plays Elizabeth as a young woman — to a grandchild. As anyone who has seen Ladd on Las Vegas knows, it must have taken a lot of powder to make this heavenly beauty look anything but robust. TVGuide.com: Look at you, playing grandma to some twentysomething girl!Cheryl Ladd: [Laughs] Yep! read more

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